Countries
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
36
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Europe
Minority Language
Yemen
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Afar and Oromo Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Hello
Hola
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
Gràcies
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Bona nit
Good Evening
Evening Good
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Bon dia
Please
Fadlan
Sisplau
Sorry
sorry
Perdó!
Bye
caraysiiyo
Adéu
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
T'estimo
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Caló
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Valencian
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Spain
How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Spain
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
38
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
català
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
somali
catalan; valencien
German Name
Somali
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Somalis
Catalan people
History
Origin
19th century
c. 1028
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
83NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
so
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
cat
ISO 639 2/B
som
cat
ISO 639 3
som
cat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available